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Xi Jinping tilts basic research toward strategic priorities

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Beijing wants its scientists asking the questions Beijing thinks are urgent – not the ones they find interesting. On April 30, Xi Jinping chaired a high-level symposium on basic research in Shanghai. The meeting itself was significant:

Three Politburo Standing Committee members and six additional P...